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  • Fires on the Plain

    A Novel

    by Shohei Ooka, Ivan morris ...
    "Written with precise skill and beautifully controlled power. The translation by Ivan Morris is outstanding." —The New York TimesThis haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by war. Fires on the Plain is set on the island of Leyte in the Philippines during World War II, where the Japanese army is disintegrating under the hammer blows of the American landings. Within ... Read more

    $9.97 USD

  • The World of the Shining Prince

    Court Life in Ancient Japan

    by Ivan Morris ...
    Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan. • "A book which should delight anyone interested in Japan.” —The New York Times Book ReviewUsing The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $12.99 USD

  • Newly-Qualified Social Workers

    A Practice Guide to the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment

    Edited by Jonathan Parker, Ivan Lincoln Gray, Andrew Morris, Sally Lee ...
    Series series Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Series
    The first year of practice can be a particularly challenging time for NQSWs. The Assessed and Supported year in Employment (ASYE) is primarily concerned with supporting NQSWs to establish you on the first rung of your professional career. The expectation is that knowledge and skills gained in qualifying education are consolidated and that new knowledge and skills are developed in practice relevant ... Read more

    $119.69 USD

  • The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon

    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthralls with its lively gossip, witty observations, and subtle impressions. Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world Lady Shonagon so ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Modern Japanese Short Stories

    An Anthology of 25 Short Stories by Japan's Leading Writers

    Edited by Ivan Morris ...
    Modern Japanese Short Stories is a remarkable collection of Japanese stories from the pioneers of contemporary Japanese literature. This volume's twenty-five stories by as many authors display a wide range of style and subject matter—offering a revealing picture of modern Japanese culture and society.The stories in this anthology include:"Tattoo" by Junichiro Tanizaki—a large spider tattooed on ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon

    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthralls with its lively gossip, witty observations, and subtle impressions. Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world Lady Shonagon so ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    The Black Man

    The Father of Civilization, Proven by Biblical History

    by James Morris Webb ...
    Narrated by Ivan Busenius ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 2 min

    In this audio compilation of The Black Man: The Father of Civilization, Proven by Biblical History, the narrator offers a compilation about James Morris Webb, a Christian Preacher from the USA in the early 1900's. Here, we focus on how the story delves into how James Morris Webb was one of several preachers from this denomination who agitated for black nationalism which highlighted African ... Read more

    $6.11 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Temple of the Golden Pavillion

    by Yukio Mishima ...
    Narrated by Derek Shoales ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 45 min

    A haunting portrait of a young man's obsession with idealized beauty and his destructive quest to possess it fully—and the book that "established Mishima's claim as one of the outstanding writers of the world" (The New York Times).Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stutterer. Taunted by his ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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  • The Pillow Book

    by Sei Shonagon, Meredith McKinney ...
    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    A new translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the TALE OF GENJI, this is one of the major Japanese Classics. ... Read more

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  • The Tale of Genji

    by Murasaki Shikibu ...
    A prince of beauty. A world of elegance. A story of love and impermanence. In The Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu crafts one of the earliest and greatest novels in world literature, following the life and romantic adventures of Hikaru Genji, an imperial prince in the Japanese court. Set in the refined world of Heian-era aristocracy, the story explores love, desire, jealousy, and the fleeting ... Read more

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  • Essays in Idleness

    and Hojoki

    Translated by Meredith McKinney ...
    by Kenko, Chomei ...
    These two works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world-view. In the short memoir Hôjôki, Chômei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in the mountains, contemplating the impermanence of human existence. Kenko, however, displays a fascination with more earthy matters in his ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The Tale of Genji

    by Murasaki Shikibu ...
    Translated by Royall Tyler ...
    The acknowledged masterpiece of Japanese literature, Murasaki's great 11th century novel is a beautifully crafted story of love, betrayal and death at the Imperial Court.At the core of this epic is Prince Genji, the son of an emperor, whose passionate character, love affairs and shifting political fortunes, offer an exquisite glimpse of the golden age of Japan. Royal Tyler's superb new translation ... Read more

    $28.69 USD